Destructors is a long-lived band and most of all they are
a band which releases Cd-records that other people change their underwear.
Steve was so kind to answer some questions from me in September-2015
Have it been much line-up changes through the years? How
long how the line-up today been in the group?
DESTRUCTORS666 are the latest incarnation of THE
DESTRUCTORS and have been described as a Scuzz Grunge Garage Punk Rock Band.
(MARK V111) 2006-2007
Allen Adams – lead vocals; Dave Colton – lead guitar;
Steve Rolls – Rhythm guitar
Steve Crosby – bass; Lee Reynolds- drums
(MARK 1X) 2007-2008
Allen Adams – lead vocals; Dave Colton – lead guitar;
Steve Rolls – Rhythm guitar
Steve Crosby – bass; Rob Baylis - drums
(MARK X) 2008
Allen Adams – lead vocals; Dave Colton – lead guitar;
Steve Rolls – Rhythm guitar
Tom Savage – bass; Rob Baylis - drums
(MARK XI) 2008 - 2009
Allen Adams – lead vocals; Dave Colton – lead guitar;
Steve Rolls – Rhythm guitar
Ian Stapleton – bass; Rob Baylis - drums
THE DESTRUCTORS
2009 - 2014
Allen Adams – lead vocals; Dave Colton – lead guitar;
Steve Rolls – Rhythm guitar
Ian Stapleton – bass; Rob Baylis - drums
2014 - ?
Allen Adams – lead vocals; Dave Colton – lead guitar;
Steve Rolls – Rhythm guitar
Ian Stapleton – bass; Tom Savage - drums
So to answer the second part of the question the new
line-up has been together for less than a year
Please tell me a little about every member, age, family,
work. Interests and something bad about each of you?
AGE FAMILY WORK
INTERESTS SOMETHING BAD
ALLEN ADAMS 58 no
yes science fiction falls off chairs
DAVE COLTON 58 yes resting dog
walking in many cover bands
STEVE ROLLS 57 yes yes
surfing likes status quo
IAN STAPLETON ? yes yes motor
bikes in a horror band
TOM SAVAGE ? no yes
dance music dance music
Any other bands on the side of the DESTRUCTORS?
-Allen has 2 side band projects SKULLTHUGGERY (pirate
band) & SUB K & THE SAVAGE (Covers album a la BOWIE’s pin ups)
Ian plays with THE RUINED (Horror punk band).
Dave plays in too many covers bands too mention. OK
RETROLUX
Tom drums for another band but I don’t know its name.
When you do a song, how do you do? Are you doing them
together or comes someone to the rehearsal room and show the song?
-The band songwriters demo new songs, put them in our
drop box and everyone then learns them. Drum and bass are first done in the
studio, then rhythm guitar, followed by vocals. Then lead guitar and backing
vocals.
You do a lot of covers, how do you pick them out. Which
is your favourite cover to play?
-Everybody gets a chance to pick covers (we’ve recorded
87 so far). We have quite a back log that we want to do; it all depends upon
the project as they are selected to fit in with the subject the CD is about.
Favourite cover to play: Teenage Head by the Flamin’ Groovies.
You have done a lot of albums, mini cd and so on. Do you
all have yourself?
DATE |
NUMBER |
OLD
SONG |
COVER SONG |
NEW
SONG |
1:
Nov 05 – Feb 06 |
RF003 Plus ca change de la meme chose |
Bullshit (a) |
1969
(i) |
Existence (1) |
Feb
06 |
Lost
1 |
Northern Ripper (b) |
Psychotic reaction (ii) |
Rock’n’roll man (2)
Psycho squirrel (3) |
2:
Apr-Jun 06 |
RF666 |
Fast
forward to hell © |
N/A |
The
neighbour of the beast (4) |
3:
Jun06-Aug 06 |
RF004 Sturm unt drang |
Trinity (d) |
Action women (iii) |
S.E.R.B. (5) |
4:
Aug-Oct 06- |
RF005Gott Mitt Uns |
AK-47 (e) |
Kick
out the jams (iv) |
Dig
my grave (45 rave) (6) |
5:
Oct 06 |
RF006 No Parasan |
Decadence (f) |
Psycho (v) |
Flying saucer men (7) |
6:Jan-Mar 07 |
RFA01
Many
were killed, few were chosen |
N/A |
1970
(vi) |
The
pavement pizza song (8)
Valley of the NY Dolls (9)
Baby
Heart attack (10)
Voice from beyond the grave (11) |
7:
March 07 |
RF777
|
N/A |
N/A |
The
Vampire’s kiss (12)
Graveyard stomp (13) |
8: |
RF007 Biberati ut gothi |
Forces of law (g) |
White light (vii a + b)
White heat |
The
Axles of evil (14) |
9:
June - July 07 |
RFEP1
Sachen lassen mit fremden machten |
N/A |
Hang
onto yourself (viii)
Psychotic Reaction (ix)a |
Strange things (15a + b)
The
Weirdness (16)
Plan
nine from outer space (17)
Ray
Gunns (18) |
10:
September 07 |
RF008 Caveat Emptor |
Electronic Church (h)
(Police State ST) (i) |
Teenage Head (x) |
TV
OD UC (19) |
11:November 07
Release April 24th |
RF009 Labor Omnia Vincit |
Duty
unto Death (j) |
No
Escape (xi) |
Warhol/Wilson (20)
No
Rules (ST) (8a) |
12:
January 08
Release June |
RF010 Lex Talonis |
Agent Orange (k)
Superstars (ST) (l) |
Chinese Rocks (xii) |
Gun Culture Five and
dime (21)
|
13:
May 08
Release 08:08:08 |
RF888 Ted Rodgers EP |
N/A |
Slow
Death (xiii) |
Glam
Rock Lip Lock (22)
Silk
Subway (23)
|
14:
May/June 08
Release September |
RF011 Geistbahn |
Cambodia/Khmer Rouge Boogie alt ver V (m a + b)
(Understand ST) (n)) |
The
hand of Law (xiv) |
Hey there God dammit (24)
|
15:
March/April 08
Release 31st October |
RFEP2 Malleus Malificorum |
N/A |
The
Witch (xv)
Hell
raiser (xvi)
Ding
Dong the Witch is dead (xvii) |
Devil Doll (25)
Possession (26)
Burn
the witches (27)
Hex
Sex Vex 28)
Witch hunt (29) |
16:
July/Aug/Sept/Oct 08
Release Dec 08 |
RFXMAS1
Bah!
Humbug EP |
N/A |
F**k
Xmas (xviii)
Good
King Wenceslas (xix a + b)
|
Xmas is here again (ho ho ho) (30)
Punk Rawk Xmas (31)
Just
another Xmas song (32)
Xmas
B’ah humbug (33)
Merry Christmas and F**k Off (34)
Grotto Worker (35) |
17:
February 23h 2009 |
RFC01 This is Peterborough |
N/A |
N/A |
So
Angry (36) |
18:
Nov 08 – Jan 09
March 23 2009 |
RF012 Deus ex Machina |
European Sacrifice (o)
Death Squad (ST) (p) |
Diplomatic Immunity (xx) |
Burning Bridges (37) |
19:
Sept2008 – Jan 2009
June
22nd 2009 |
RFA02
POW!
That’s KILLMUSIK666:
VOL:1 (revision) |
Bullshit2008/ Bulls**t (original) (a a + b)
Trinity 2005 (d)
AK-47 2006 (e)
Decadence 2006 (f)
Forces of Law 2007 (g)
Electronic Church (h)
Agent Orange 2007 (k)
Meaningless Names 2008 (q)
Corpse Gas 2008 ® |
Psychotic reaction
(original) (ix)b
Lexicon Devil (xxi) |
Existence (1)
Rock’n’roll man (2)
Psycho squirrel (3)
S.
E. R. B. (5)
Dig
my grave (45 rave) (6)
Axles of evil (14)
Killing Cycle 1 (38)
Scuzz rock Accelerator (39)
Flying Saucer men (7) |
20:
Jan/Apr 2009
July
23th 2009
|
RFEP3 Who watches the watchers
Quiznam vigilo
Vigilo
|
|
Identity (xxii)
Control me (xxiii) |
Thinner Blue Line (40)
CCTV
(41)
Rule
Nanny Brittania (42)
State Control (43)
I
Spy (44)
Rules and regulations (45)
|
21:
Nov 2008 – June 22: 2009
August 10th 2009 |
RF013 Scheikunde |
Nerve Gas (s)
Sewage Worker (t) |
ATV
(xxiv) |
Saturday night (Let’s fight) (46)
|
22:
March/April 2009
09:09:09 |
RF999
Nein! Nein! Nein! |
Police State new (u) |
Police truck (xxv)
Nasty nasty (xxvii)
Ba****d coppers (xxvi) Emergency (xxviii)
Police Brutality (xxxix) |
High
speed pursuit (47)
Truncheon Tattoo(48)
Run
Pig Run (49)
Roger the Rozzer (50)
Suicide by cop (51)
PCPC
Plod (52) |
23:
Aug /Sept 2009
November27th 2009 |
RF014 Tormentum Insomniae |
Berlin (v)
(Control) (w) |
This
Perfect Day (40) |
Art
for Art Garfunkel’s sake (53) |
24:
Oct – Dec 2009
March 18th 2010 |
RFC02 THIS IS PETERBOROUGH TOO |
N/A |
N/A |
In
Absentia (55) |
25:
December 2009 - February 2010
April 5st 2010 |
RFPOLICA01
Politika |
N/A |
Elected (41)
Labour Party (42)
Tory
Party (42a)
Politics (32)
Downfall of government (44)
|
Be
careful what you vote for (69)
To
vote or not to vote (70)
F**k
EU (71)
If
We don’t stop (72)
Looks like rain (73)
Politics is politics (74)
Revolution time (75) |
26:
March 2009
June
28th 2010
|
RF
015 Zengakuren |
Religion (x)
(Bomb) (y) |
Sonic Reducer (45) |
Crash & Burn (76) |
27:
August 2009- March 2010
August 23rd 2010 |
RFA003 Dead beat to white heat |
N/A |
Get
me to the World on time (xxxviii)
TV
Eye (xxvii) |
Blood (58)
End
times * (56)
Kent
State reprobate (57)
November (AM) (60)
The
Ghost of seventy-six (AM) (61)
Headshot deadshot 1963(62)
Selling the American Dream (63)
Ultraviolence (56)
Free
Speech for the hard of hearing (64)
Born
to Kill/Die for peace (65)
Watch what you vote for ( (66)
Demolition Derby Crash (54)
Hate
Song (59)
Communication Breakdown (62)
Killing Cycle 2 (67)
Like
a (Car crash) (68)
255
(85) |
28:
Jan - Feb 2010
10th
October 2010
|
RF101010 |
Born
to Soon (aa) |
Saturday night in the city of the dead (46)
Birth school marriage death (47)
Before you die (48)
Right to work (49) |
Joker in the pack (77)
Know
what I mean (91)
When
the chain breaks (92)
Life
(aka S**t filled sewer) (93)
Son
of a b***h (78)
|
29:
Aug – Sept 2010
31st
October 2010 |
RFHELL1 |
|
Helloween (50)
Pinhead (51)
All
Hell Breaks Loose (52) |
Devil Eye (79)
Demon lover (80)
Highway666 (81)
I
wanna dig up Elvis (83)
Vampire Queen of New Orleans (84)
The
Blob (86)
Zombie Takeaway (87)
I am
the puppet master (94)
Happy Death Day (95)
Don’t go down to the cellar (96) |
30:
18th April 2010
24th January 2011 |
RF016 Les fleurs du mal |
Neutron Bomb (bb)
(Bombs are metal) (z) |
Reality (53) |
Third World War (88) |
31:
24th
March 2011 |
RFC03 This is Peterborough thrice |
N/A |
N/A |
Selling the American Dream (63)
|
32:January 2011
May
24th 2011 |
RFEP4 Media Studies |
TV
Wars (cc) |
Media circus (54)
Media control (55)
Celebrity head (56) |
Rant
(97)
NME
(98)
Your
local paper (99)
How
much do you want success? (100)
Bangin’ the drum (101)
Celebrity Brats (102)
The
next big thing (103)
Who
gives a toss? (104) |
33:
March 2011
July
24th 2011 |
RFSA01
Wohlgafuhl |
|
Lion’s share(57)
My
Little GoGo Dancer (58)
|
Trouble Magnet (108)
Clockwork Orange Age (109)
The
Atrocity exhibition(110)
Glass Teat(111)
Yes
we Can(112)
All
Fall Down(115)
Trust me I’m a Scientist(114) |
34:
May 2011
September 26th 2011
|
RF017 Je suis radio |
Good
Guys (dd)
Overdose (ee) |
Roadrunner(59) |
Trash Man(113) |
35:
November 11th 2011 |
RF111111 In Memoria |
Soldier boy (ff) |
Generals (61)
War
Hero (62) |
Mud mud and more mud (116)
Bodybags (117)
The
trench (118)
Blood and guts (119)
We
need you (120)
Misery in me (121)
Death machine (122)
Two
minutes noise (123) |
36:
January 23th 2012 |
RFA04:POW2 |
Duty
unto Death
Warhol Wilson
Cambodia/Khmer Rouge Boogie
Hey
There Goddamit (24)
European sacrifice
Burning bridges
Nerve Gas
Saturday Night (Let’s fight)
Berlin
Art
for Art Garfunkel’s sake |
Psyche(59)
Friday on your mind (60) |
Tom,
Dick & Abdul (89)
Killing Cycle 3 (90)
No
English Spoken Here (105)
Never had it so bad (106)
New
song (107)
Killing cycle (dub) (38a)
|
37:
March 26th 2012 |
RF018 C’est la guerre |
Dollar is God(gg)
Son
of Sam (hh) |
We’re pretty quick (63) |
The
greatest hoax on humanity (124) |
38:
February 2011
May
23rdh 2010
|
RFEP5 Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll |
Sex
in Chains (kk)
|
H
Eyes (64)
Drugstore (65)
I
Want the Drugs (66) |
Spitroast F. C. (125)
Rock’n’Roll Riot (no time to be quiet) (131)
Butt
plug, gag & Tit Clamp (132)
Crack Whore (127)
Listen to your heart (128)
King
Rock (133)
She’s a girl (134)
If
every girl was a p**nstar (135) |
39:
March2012
July
2012 |
RFSA02 Schwerpunkt |
|
Baby(67)
Dot
Dash (68) |
I
Did it by myself (129)
No
future (130)
Atom
Heart Brother (125)
Springheel Jack (126)
JSS
(136)
Stop
the War (138)
My
Girlfriend’s in a Coma(137) |
40:
Release September 24th 2012 |
RF019 Pax Romanus |
St.
George (ii)
Class war (jj) |
Banned from the Pubs (69) |
Atom
Heart Brother (125)
|
41:
December 12th 2012 |
RF121212 Ragnarok |
Decadence (f)
Hey
there (God dammit) (24) |
Failures (70)
Final Bloodbath (71)
Dead
cities (72) |
Doomsday(140)
Waiting for (the end of the world) (144)
One
minute (142)
End
of the World
War
of the Worlds (141)
Good
v Evil (143)
The
Fianl Battle (145) |
42:
February 25th 2013 |
RFC04 Peterborough goes forth |
|
|
Punishment of luxury (146) |
43:
April 29th 2013 |
RF020 Sur la paves la plage |
Breakdown (ll)
Penguin War* (kk) |
Hey
Joe (73) |
Modern Day Jonah (147) |
44:24th September 2013 |
RFDES01 The perverse, the sublime and the ridiculous |
Duty
unto Death (jii)
Forces of Law (gii)
Trinity (d#2)
Electronic Church (hii) |
Wild
Thing (77)
I
wanna be your Dog (78)
Louis Louis (79) |
Punk
Rock Girl (155) |
45:November 25th 2013 |
RF021 Terrorismo |
Punk
a’int dead (iii) |
All
my Friends in NYC (80) |
Amphetamine Blues (156)
Urban Terrorist (157) |
46:
January 13th 2014 |
RFEP6 New York New York |
I’ve
been watching the NY Dolls (new version) (9a) |
New
York New York (74)
New
York City (75)
Vampires of New York (76)
|
Factory girls (148)
Dead
man Walking (149)
NYC75 (150)
Nancy in a bag (151)
Chelsea Hotel (152)
CBGB’s (153)
Talking Junk with William Burroughs(154) |
47:
March 24th 2014 |
RF131313 |
|
Bad
Luck Social Distortion (77)
Eleanor Rigby (78)
Lithium (79)
I
Hate You (80) |
Air
of Menace (158)
The
Damned (159)
Feed
the Death Machine (160)
A
Good War (161)
I am
the Dark Wave (162)
Look
into the Mirror (163)
The
price of life (164)
Psychic hits (165)
Bad
or Worse (169)
A
Day in the Death (170)
|
48:
May 26th 2014 |
RF022 Divide et Impera |
Social Grudge (jjj) |
Rosalyn (81) |
For
Queen & Country (166)
Underneath the Afghani sun (167) |
49:
July 28 2014 |
RFEP7 Bierschutzbrillen |
Pigeon Pizza Surprise (8a)
|
Boys
from County Hell (82)
All
F****d Up (83)
Drunk (84)
John
Barleycorn (81)
|
Whiskey Train (139)
Xmas
Spirit (169)
Beer
Society (170)
Punk
Rock Piss Up (171)
This
is England (172)
Don’t mind if I do (173)
Drink to forget (174)
Lost
Weekend (175)
Who
the F**k is John Barleycorn (176) |
50:
September 19th 2014 |
RFTAM01 Skullthuggery |
|
Sling it (85)
|
Fellowship of the Damned (1)
Skull and bones (3)
Ride
the wild wind (2)
Blackbeard (4)
Starry Starry sky (5)
I am
the captain (6)
Calico Jack (8)
Pirate Moon (9)
Ode
to a Wooden Leg (10)
By
Nelson’s Blood (11)
Dancing with the Dead (12) |
51:
January 2015 |
RFSA05 The Destructors Greatest hits and misses |
|
Bombed outta my mind (86)
Violence (87) |
NYC
Rock’n’Roll history (168)
Jimmy So Vile (136NL)
Devil Doll (25) remix)
Resistence (1) remix |
52:
27 April 2015 |
RFELECT02 Coalition Blues |
Revolution Time(75SNW)
This
is England (172 INV)) |
Owe
us a living (88) |
Vote
4 me (177)
Pleb
(178)
If
we win (179)
Politics (Same old song) (180)
Politics oh politics (181)
Ukip
u lose (182)
Vote
(184)
Don’t Vote (185)
Freedom’s call (183) |
53:
11 September 2015 |
RF023Deus Luna |
Societies Morons (kkk) |
Release the bats (89) |
Up
and atom (186)
Gentlemen Jack (187) |
Steve, Dave and Allen have all of them.
Is it important to get out physical stuff and not only on
Spotify etc.?
-It’s the physical versions that make us the money to
keep putting out music. If we relied on spotify we make hardly anything.
This is due to the parasites throughout the internet who think they have the
right to let people have our music for free.
How many songs have Destructors up to date?
-The New Destructors (including 666) have altogether
released 187 songs but we’ve written more than that for forthcoming
projects.
Not any plans of putting them altogether in a box or
something like that?
-I have an idea when we’ve finished releasing an
extremely limited box set. This would contain every CD and one that wasn’t
available anywhere else. It would come in a beautiful wooden box containing
various documents with an embossed number at the top. The band would only
get the box to put their CD’s in.
How many new songs have you material for?
-I have thousands of lyrics and at the moment have plans
for another 25 projects. If they happen then that’s OK but due to unforeseen
circumstances they don’t I’ll still be happy with what we have achieved.
Which is the next record release to come?
-Coffin Jukebox from Sub K & the Savage. An album of
cover songs plus a couple of surprises. It’s a sort of musical journey of my
life in the vein of David Bowie’s Pin Ups.
How do you choose the bands you split the CD’s with?
-Their usually bands that a band member knows and likes
or somebody I’ve seen live who really impressed me. It’s a really good deal
doing a split cd with us because it costs the band nothing to do it and they
get the songs to keep as soon as we break even.
Do you have any dream band to do a split with?
-Well the split thing is coming to an end now but I
suppose it was to do one with Steve’s old punk band THE NOW. Unfortunately
it’ll never happen so best to bring it to an end. But I never say never and
if a band came along that I was impressed with well hey who knows.
And if you could choose 5 bands to have the best concert
ever with, both alive or dead, which five would you choose.
-1: FLAMIN’ GROOVIES/RAMONES 1975 London.
2: DAVID BOWIE HAMMERSMITH ODEON
3: SEX PISTOLS surpporting EDDIE & THE HOT RODS MARQUEE
LONDON
4: SOUTHERN DEATH CULT RETFORD PORTER HOUSE
5: THROBBING GRISTLE THE LYCEUM LONDON
Five favourite records right now
-1: PUNK 45: VOL 3 PROTO PUNK 1969-76
2: HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES
3: BACKYARD BABIES – 4OUR BY 4OUR
4: PIL – WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW
5: DEVO – ORPHEUM THEATER BOSTON 17 JULY 1950
The last record you bought? And the most expensive?
-LOU REED – DEALING ON THE BOULEVARD most recent
THROBBING GRISTLE 24 HOURS most expensive
Which of the Destructors is hardest to get hold off? And
the most expensive on EBay?
-Electronic Church free with Trees and Flowers fanzine is
the hardest to get hold off.
EBay DESTRUCTORS – The Final Testament (Bomb Hanoi, Bomb
Saigon, Bomb Disneyland £39.37
For how many years can you go on in this tempo with so
many record releases?
-Well as long as I don’t think we’re repeating ourselves
it can go on for several more years. It depends upon a number of factors,
financially viable, health or just getting fed up with doing it. As far as
musicians go if they want to leave there is always someone waiting in the
wing to replace them? Although I must say no one is thinking of leaving at
the moment and sometimes I think people who leave actually regret it.
Do you play gigs often?
-No. We’re offered a lot but unfortunately due to extra
curriculum activities of other band members it’s hard to all be available at
the same time.
Which countries have you played in? Which and where is
the best one?
-Wales, Denmark & Switzerland. Denmark was the best.
Favourite place to play in England and the worst place to
play?
-Best: Cambridge, London, & Peterborough Worst:
Middlesbrough
Is there any subjects that you will never be singing
about?
-Vegetarianism!
Is music a good way to get out your opinions into
people‘s ears, do you have a responsibility to write lyrics which is
important and can change the listeners point of view?
-We’ll all the lyrics I write are my personal opinions.
However they are written in different ways:-
1)
Political songs
2)
Anti-religion songs
3)
Anti-state songs
These are serious and it’s up to the listener how they
take them.
1)
Serial killers
This is just an interest of mine and I’ve been doing
it since Son of Sam.
1)
Bodily functions
2)
Things I find interesting or ridiculous
All though these can be considered serious there is an
underlying sense of humour involved.
The listener should approach every lyric I write and
listen to the whole thing before giving their opinion. I think bad reviews
can be as revealing as good reviews. I just write what I see around me or
what I read or see in the media. Things that make me angry quite often
produce the quickest and best lyrics
How is politically in England right now?
-It’s all very interesting with the Tory’s with a slight
majority. The Liberals all but wiped up. The Labour Party has just elected a
leader who is unelectable. UKIP are avoiding being the official NO side in
the referendum on EU membership. This is so when the NO vote loses UKIP have
an excuse to keep going. Plus off course SNP kicking Labour out of Scotland
apart from one seat (also 1 Liberal and 1 Tory). This all makes for a very
interesting POLITIKA 3 in five year’s time.
Have you heard any good Swedish Bands?
-Backyard Babies, Hives, and Bones
What are the future plans for the band?
-Keep putting out recordings and doing the occasional
live gig?
For yourself?
-Keep living and hopefully stay in good health.
Something more to add?
-I hope music stays interesting and bands can afford to
still have the time to carve out a career. Nowadays the money is all in the
gigging and the music is all about getting the gigs. The so called 360
degree contract.
Cheers
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